Yabaray Mining District Hospital.

I had been lying here for three days, and the diagnosis given by the doctor was neurasthenia and sudden muscle weakness.

During these three days, despite the tranquilizers administered to me, I still couldn't sleep properly, and when I closed my eyes, I would dream of the sacrificial scene.

The fat man only occasionally visited the hospital for the past three days, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

Only Wu Xufeng has been staying in the hospital, and he is counting on him for all his diet and daily life.

Liu Rumei came often, but she didn't stay long, after all, she had more things to do.

On the afternoon of the third day, Liu Rumei came to the hospital again, and seeing that I was in good spirits, she took out a thick envelope from her bag and handed it to me, motioning me to look.

I took it and asked her, "Photos?" ”

Liu Rumei nodded.

I opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was the petroglyphs in the cave, but the number was a little surprising.

I watched and said, "Haven't you been busy with work these two days?" How can you still have time for this? ”

Liu Rumei smiled: "I'm busy with work, this photo is not something I'm afraid of developing......"

"Oh?"

I was surprised and asked, "Isn't that you?" Is there still a shop here that develops black and white photos? ”

Liu Rumei continued to smile and said, "No, the negatives were asked to leave by Qiao Er, this is the ...... he sent today."

I frowned: The negatives are leaving, and only a stack of photos will be sent, and this Qiao Er is really not very worried about us.

Liu Rumei continued: "I've seen the photos, and the ones are not bad, and the number is right, the ones I took in the cave." ”

I nodded and continued to look through.

Liu Rumei looked at me all the time, and said, "You don't have to worry, Qiao Er didn't say when he wanted it, I guess he will find someone over there to see it." ”

"Uh-huh."

I said that, but continued to look at the photo seriously.

Liu Rumei knew my temper, and didn't say anything more, just repeatedly told me to pay attention to my body.

The number of photos was too large to be understood at all, so I asked Wu Xufeng to find double-sided tape and glued it to the wall of the ward like a puzzle, and the entire wall was covered with black and white photos.

I looked at the photos on the wall carefully, rested when I was tired, and continued to read when I couldn't sleep, but fortunately it was a single room and no one bothered me.

These photographs are filled with a large number of pictorial notes and a small amount of text, and after some efforts, I finally solved the secrets of these petroglyphs.

There was very little textual information, and a large part of it was repetitive, so I struggled to figure out some of the keywords.

Among them, the words Jiuli, Sanmiao, Chiyou, Xiong, and Tushan stimulated my nerves fiercely.

I can't help but be excited, these things that exist in legends, archaeologists have never found a trace of written records, but who would have thought that there would be an account of that period of history in the depths of this vast desert.

Figuring out these words, and then looking at the petroglyphs of the narrative, everything becomes easy to understand.

The petroglyphs of the entire cave are an epic, recording the events of Yanhuang and Chiyou, but because the recorder is a feather person, that is, a person on the side of Chiyou, there are still some discrepancies with the legend passed down by word of mouth.

Still, looking at the overall content, the record is relatively objective and detailed, and I find it very credible.

Some people may wonder here, why is this related to Yanhuang Zhan Chi You again? Also, shouldn't Sanmiao and Jiuli be in the Yangtze River Basin?

It should be explained here that this is a misunderstanding of the public, Jiuli is actually in the Yellow River Basin, mainly referring to the Yellow River Golden Triangle between Zhongtiao Mountain and Huashan Mountain.

The Sanmiao Water Village is in the area of the Salt Lake in Hedong City, and according to legend, it was also established by the Chiyou tribe.

The reason why the Chiyou tribe was able to prosper for a while was mainly related to its geographical location.

Hedong Salt Lake is rich in salt, salt is a necessity of life, in ancient times to control the salt industry is equivalent to control wealth; There are copper ore resources on Zhongtiao Mountain, and in terms of productivity at that time, bronze weapons were already very advanced weapons, and Chiyou, who had mastered copper ore, also had a strong tribal combat power.

According to the rock paintings, the Xiong clan lives in the north and the Tushan clan lives in the south, and the two clans are in a wild land, and they covet the rich products of Jiuli, so they set off a war.

This is also the matter of the two emperors of Yan and Huang who fought Chi You by word of mouth, but the position of the narrator is different, so there is a slight deviation.

Our legendary version is that Chiyou was brutal and unkind, and the two emperors of Yan and Huang commanded the world's troops to recruit the Chiyou tribe, but Chiyou had Feng Bo and the rain master to help, calling for wind and rain to make the Yan and Huang armies who were not familiar with water warfare repeatedly frustrated.

Later, the two emperors of Yan and Huang invited the drought and the female fish to dry up the Jiuli Lake and the river to cut off, so that the Chiyou tribe was taken down in one fell swoop through land warfare.

This version is accepted by everyone, and it is also the most widely circulated, and the description is very simple, leaving aside the mythological part.

Chi You is good at water warfare, Jiuli is full of lakes and marshes, resulting in the Yan and Huang Emperors being invincible for a long time, and then in the event of a great drought, the rivers are broken and the lakes and marshes are dried up, and the Yan and Huang Emperors take the opportunity to take Jiuli in one fell swoop through land warfare.

General historians believe that after the war between Yanhuang and Chiyou, there was a fusion between tribes and tribes, and there is a saying that we are descendants of Yanhuang.

What is the end of the Chiyou 81 tribe, there is no relevant account left in history, and there are no relevant legends among the folks.

And these petroglyphs in the cave tell the story of that period of history, so I was ecstatic.

The eighty-one tribe of Chiyou lives in the land of Jiuli and lives a life of fishing, hunting and gathering.

The Xiong clan and the Tu Shan clan coveted Jiuli's products, innocently provoked incidents, and brought the war disaster to the land of Jiuli.

After the defeat of the Chiyou tribe, the affiliated tribes scattered and fled, and the Yuren tribe, as the dependent tribe of Chiyou, was naturally no exception, and they went all the way west to the depths of the desert.

I studied all night, during which I was urged by Wu Xufeng to rest, but I couldn't suppress the excitement in my heart at all, standing in front of the photo wall, looking at the petroglyphs on the photos, and carefully reading that lost history.

The next morning, Liu Rumei came to the hospital early, and when she learned that I had not rested at all, she very unceremoniously counted me down.

I didn't let that give in, but excitedly told her about my findings, and combined them with photos.

Liu Rumei is also an archaeology major, so she naturally understands how important it is, and she no longer counts me, but immerses herself in studying the photos on the wall with me.

Liu Rumei pointed to a photo and asked, "Qin Fen, what do you say this petroglyph represents?" ”